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Swinging through 2025: The year in jazz and a look at what lies ahead

by Bruce Klauber | Dec 23, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, South Jersey, Wahoo

With rare exceptions, jazz has been absent from the main stages and lounges of Atlantic City hotel/casinos since the mid-1990s. Artists with name value have aged, retired or passed on. Tastes and demographics have evolved, and the age and tastes of those in charge of...

Harrah’s La Strada at the Shore an eastern outpost of a western landmark

by Chuck Darrow | Dec 23, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Food & Beverage, South Jersey, Wahoo

The Casino File When La Strada at the Shore opened inside Harrah’s Resort Atlantic City it was an unusually bold move. After all, in a region — and city — where top-shelf Italian restaurants are part of the cultural fabric, it didn’t necessarily make a lot of sense to...

Atlantic City Headliners

by shorelocalnews | Dec 23, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic County, Calendars, Entertainment, Music, South Jersey, Wahoo

Tuesday, December 23 Christmas in Concert 8 p.m. The Music Box at Borgata Wednesday, December 24 Christmas in Concert 2 p.m. The Music Box at Borgata Friday, December 26 Pitbull 8 p.m. Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena Saturday, December 27 Pitbull 8 p.m. Hard Rock Live...

Live & Local Music Calendar

by shorelocalnews | Dec 23, 2025 | Features, Atlantic County, Calendars, Cape May County, Entertainment, Music, South Jersey, Wahoo

Tuesday, December 23 Atlantic City Il Mulino at Hard Rock Sinatra Night 5 – 8 p.m. 1000 Boardwalk Rush Lounge at Golden Nugget Patty & Bugzy 8 p.m. – 12 a.m. 600 Huron Ave. Photo credit: The Goodman Fiske Band Facebook The Lobby Bar at Hard Rock Dane Anthony Band...

Headliners who became lounge acts

by Bruce Klauber | Dec 23, 2025 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, History, South Jersey, Wahoo

There’s an old show business adage that says casino lounges are either for performers on their way up, or on their way down. There was a time in Las Vegas and Atlantic City when that was true. Comics Don Rickles and Shecky Green first worked the Vegas lounges, then...

Atlantic City Polar Bear Plunge Returns Jan. 1 to Benefit Cancer Support Community NJ

by shorelocalnews | Dec 19, 2025 | Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Events & Happenings, Features, South Jersey, Wahoo

Start the New Year with purpose and make a splash for a great cause at the 34th Annual Atlantic City Polar Bear Plunge, benefiting Cancer Support Community New Jersey (CSCNJ). The event will take place on January 1 at Resorts Casino Hotel,...